The first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, Janet Reno, who died Monday at 78, had ties to Gainesville through her work in law and with Parkinson’s disease. “She was always positive, no matter what challenges she had in her life,” said Dr. Michael Okun, chairman of UF’s Department …

While state debt has declined 9.5 percent over the past five years, debt for Florida’s state universities has risen by 41 percent, according to a report reviewed Tuesday by Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet. State debt has fallen by $2.7 billion in that period, for a total debt of …